Saturday, October 27, 2012

Lesson-1 on Finance



Question: What is Finance?
Answer:
 Mobilization of funds from surplus economic unit & deployment of funds to deficit economic units

Question: What is Financial Instrument?
Answer:
Financial instruments are the financial claim of holder against issuer.

Question: What is Cash Flow?
Answer:
A measure of a company's financial health, equals cash receipts minus cash payments over a given period of time.

Question: What are the different types of Ratios?

Answer:

·       Profitability ratios (Gross Profit Margin, Net profit margin, Operating profit margin, ROA, ROE)

·       Liquidity ratio (Current ratio, Quick ratio)

·       Asset Utilization Ratios (Inventory Turnover, Account Receivable Turnover)

·       Debt Utilization Ratios (Debt to equity, Debt to total assets)

·       Coverage Ratios (Debt Service Coverage ratio, Interest service Coverage Ratio)


Question: What is Current Ratio?
Answer:

Ø An indication of a company's ability to meet short-term debt obligations; the higher the ratio, the more liquid the company is. It is calculated as:
                           
Current Ratio = Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
                          
Ø In general, a Current ratio of   2 : 1  is accepted by most creditors.

Question:  What is Quick Ratio?                      
Answer:
Ø A measure of a company's liquidity and ability to meet its obligations. Quick ratio, often referred to as acid-test ratio,
                                           
Acid-Test (Quick) Ratio = ( Total Current Assets – Stock)/ Total Current Liabilities
                                           
 In general, a quick ratio of 1 or more is accepted by most creditors.

Question: What is EBITDA?
Answer:

Ø EBITDA stands for Earnings before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization.
Ø An approximate measure of a company's operating cash flow based on data from the company's income statement. Sometimes also called operational cash flow.

Question: What is EBIT?
Answer:
EBIT stands for Earnings before Interest and Taxes. A measure of a company's earning power from ongoing operations, equal to earnings before deduction of interest payments and income taxes.

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